The Gently Mad Book Shop
Napolean's Last Voyage - Diary of Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn 1888
Napolean's Last Voyage - Diary of Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn 1888
Regular price
£45.00 GBP
Regular price
Sale price
£45.00 GBP
Unit price
per
Tax included.
Couldn't load pickup availability
Extract from a Diary of Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn with Particular Reference to Gen. Napoleon Buonaparte on Passage from England to St. Helena IN 1815 on Board HMS. Northumberland H. M.
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co, London, 1888. First Edition. HArdback. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt titles to upper board and spine. The book measures approx. 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" with [iii], 96 pages.
CONDITION:
This is an ex-library copy and has some expected library marks but is otherwise in good to very good condition with shelf wear and some light staining on the boards. The spine ends and corners are bumped with a little damage to the cloth at the spine ends and small split in the cloth near the top of the front spine edge. There are faint traces of some removed reference numbers near the bottom of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with browning to the endpaperd and an name and date written in pencil on the front free endpaper. The front fixed endpaper has a library label and there are traces of removed labels on both rear endpapers. The rear fixed endpaper has a circular library stamp. There are similar library stamps on the bottom of the title page and last page of text. The title page also has a pin-hole library stamp (small holes in the page spelling out the name of the library).
The preface to this scarce little book, which includes interesting accounts of conversations with Napoleon, that: "The M.S. from which this "Extract" has been printed, was found, in his own handwriting, among the papers of my late father; attached to it being a note, also in his own handwriting, to the effect that it is a reproduction of a copy found at St. Helena, in 1824 or 25, among the effects of one who had held an official position as Admiral's Secretary or Captain's clerk on board the "Northumberland" on her voyage to St. Helena, where he died...."
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co, London, 1888. First Edition. HArdback. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt titles to upper board and spine. The book measures approx. 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" with [iii], 96 pages.
CONDITION:
This is an ex-library copy and has some expected library marks but is otherwise in good to very good condition with shelf wear and some light staining on the boards. The spine ends and corners are bumped with a little damage to the cloth at the spine ends and small split in the cloth near the top of the front spine edge. There are faint traces of some removed reference numbers near the bottom of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with browning to the endpaperd and an name and date written in pencil on the front free endpaper. The front fixed endpaper has a library label and there are traces of removed labels on both rear endpapers. The rear fixed endpaper has a circular library stamp. There are similar library stamps on the bottom of the title page and last page of text. The title page also has a pin-hole library stamp (small holes in the page spelling out the name of the library).
The preface to this scarce little book, which includes interesting accounts of conversations with Napoleon, that: "The M.S. from which this "Extract" has been printed, was found, in his own handwriting, among the papers of my late father; attached to it being a note, also in his own handwriting, to the effect that it is a reproduction of a copy found at St. Helena, in 1824 or 25, among the effects of one who had held an official position as Admiral's Secretary or Captain's clerk on board the "Northumberland" on her voyage to St. Helena, where he died...."
(Loc: Shop ; Shelf Underneath Platform )
